Profile of Morong, Bataan, an area of low malaria endemicity in the Philippines

Acta Tropica

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 195-207

  Bustos, M D G ^a   Saul, A ^b   Salazar, N P ^c   Gomes, M ^d  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Philippines)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

demography; field site; geography; malaria; Philippines

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PHILIPPINES; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, ACTIVE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALARIA; MIDDLE AGED; PHILIPPINES; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0030899293     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(96)00621-3     Document Type: Article

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